When Emma Meesseman began to miss stretches, and later, full seasons to focus on the Belgium women’s national basketball team as opposed to the Washington Mystics in the summer, it began to cause friction with at least some fans, myself included.
And though Meesseman became one of the absolute best basketball players in the world, it doesn’t mean much to Mystics or WNBA fans if she is missing long stretches or entire seasons.
Despite what some of the commenters think, I have written this numerous times on my belief that the Mystics shouldn’t sign most European players.